OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 43:12

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I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt. He will burn them, and carry them away captive. He will array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his garment; and he will go out from there in peace.

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Verse 12. Temples. Hebrew also, “the palaces of the princes,” as temples occur below.—Captives. The idols share the fate of their votaries. Calmet. 48:7.—Array; or Hebrew “cover with soldiers the land.” Septuagint “he shall cleanse ( Calmet.) or destroy.” Bochart.

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